LifeWay Research just posted statistics about how many Christians claim to study the Bible on their own outside of church meetings. Here’s what they found:
- 19% read the Bible every day
- 26% read it a few times per week
- 14% read it once per week
- 22% read it at least once per month
- 18% read it rarely or never
Which category are you in?
Interestingly, they found that the following six things were found to be connected to one’s likelihood to read the Bible more often:
- Confessing wrongdoings to God and asking forgiveness.
- Believing in Jesus Christ as the only way to heaven, and persevering in this belief over time.
- Making a decision to obey or follow God with an awareness that choosing to do so might be costly.
- Praying for the spiritual status of people they know are not professing Christians.
- Reading a book about increasing their spiritual growth.
- Having been discipled or mentored one-on-one by a more spiritually mature Christian.
You can check out the full article here.
Also, for your viewing pleasure, here’s a new Spoken Word video from Zondervan about the Rock Solid Bible. The artist speaks about the power and sufficiency of God’s Knowable Word. As I haven’t read the study Bible being advertised, I’m not necessarily recommending it. But the video is very well done.
